Cows,
I agree one hundred percent with your last statement.
I have always accepted that there could have been negligence by the crew.
My favoured scenario has always been "some" "error of judgement."
John Purdy and Cazatou steadfastly refuse to acknowledge the evidence given by Sqn Ldr Burke to the FAI and HOL.
Evidence that should have been taken into consideration by the BOI and Reviewing Officers.
He was at the time, I believe, the most experienced Chinook TP in the RAF.
He produced evidence to show that UFCM,s and Power Interrupts had both taken place on more than one occasion.
Although the crew would have to have been exceptionally unlucky for such an event to have happened at the very moment the aircraft approached the Mull, sh*t, sometimes does happen.
I can, JP, from my seven years as FSO, give you examples of such events.
If these UCFM / Power Interrupt events cannot be completely ruled out, then the "absolutely no doubt whatsoever", criteria fails.
Without a ADR and CVR they cannot be ruled out.
Any sane and rational and fair person should be able to see this.
JP, Caz, bast0n, are you sane, rational and fair?
Last edited by dalek; 4th Jul 2009 at 16:03.